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double dutch

“double dutch” it wasn’t a stretch for street to become straat but i took a hop skip and a jump with verviervoudigen

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Sara Etgen-Baker

Date: 11/29/2023 4:03:00 PM

love the interplay between English and German...quite creative and entertaining. :-) Sara

Jeff Connelly
Date: 11/29/2023 5:11:00 PM

Aww thank you Sara. Actually, in German it would be vierfach. I think the length of the Dutch word makes it even crazier lol

Lin Lane

Date: 11/29/2023 8:16:00 AM

hmmm. I get that you're playing hopscotch, but might've had a titch too much scotch to write 'verviervoudigen.' LOL Nah... I looked it up. Quadrupled!!!!

Jeff Connelly
Date: 11/29/2023 11:42:00 AM

To me travelling is always wonderful. I've been doing it all my life; and hopefully will die doing it

Lin Lane
Date: 11/29/2023 9:45:00 AM

Well now I see the error of my way... you're not playing hopscotch... you're jumping rope. I never consider your writes to be pointless, although I have scratched my head on a number of them. lol I hope your visit to Amsterdam was wonderful.

Jeff Connelly
Date: 11/29/2023 9:07:00 AM

Lol. My wife and I just got back from Amsterdam. I love languages and linguistics but have to say that Dutch was very difficult for me. I'm glad you took the time to look up the word Lin. Though I personally don't jump rope, I was trying to use some jump rope terminology; if you wouldn't have looked up the word, it would have been more pointless than it already is lol...